Short Name: | William B. Blake |
Full Name: | Blake, William B., 1852-1938 |
Birth Year: | 1852 |
Death Year: | 1938 |
William Burdine Blake, 1852-1938. William B. Blake, Sr., was born January 21, 1852, in London, Ohio; went to Virginia in the early 1870s and became connected with the music publishing house of the Ruebush-Kieffer Company, and remaining with this firm until 1889, when he moved to Ronceverte. He married Miss Alice Mary Horne, of Augusta county, Virginia, a daughter of Strother P. and Sarah Home. (Strother P. Horne was a Confederate soldier throughout the Civil war.) To this union were born seven children: Charles Stanley Blake, Bessie Mabel, William B,. Jr.. Henry St. John, Robert Russell, Mary Ellen and Edward Lester. At Ronceverte, Mr. Blake, Sr., associated himself in partnership with J. W. Hess in the publication of the Ronceverte News, a newly-established paper in the new lumber town, buying out the interest of Richard Burke, who had been a prominent figure in West Virginia journalism for a number of years. Burke had been the publisher of a vigorous newspaper at Union, Monroe county. About the year 1891, Mr. Blake bought out the interest of Mr. Hess and became the sole proprietor of the enterprise, changing the name of the paper to the Valley Messenger and News. This publication continued until April 21, 1901. Several years prior to this, in December, 1897, The West Virginia News had been established with Mr. Blake as publisher, and from one newspaper plant two newspapers were issued until April 21, 1901, when the latter publication, which covered a more extensive field, absorbed the Valley Messenger. This consolidation brought to the newer paper the good will of the older and the growth of the West Virginia News has been steady and continuous to this day. At the present time and for a number of years the News has enjoyed a larger circulation than any other weekly newspaper published in the State.
History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole, Lewisburg, WV, 1917 (accessed 12/25/2023 from http://www.leighlarson.com/william_burdine_blake.htm)
Tunes by William B. Blake (69) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[A grand old song, so sweet and strong] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 32132 43215 61766 |
WEAR A CROWN (Blake) | William B. Blake, Sr. (Arranger) | 14 | 51133 54334 32215 |
[Be joyful in Zion, for Jesus is King!] | B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 53211 77676 55666 |
[Come to the fountain flowing deep and wide] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 33333 32123 44443 |
[Crown Him, ye children, in bright, happy song] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 33332 13544 36543 |
[Folded hands in quiet resting] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 54311 56543 23543 |
[Hail the day that sees Him rise] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 3 | 11223 34465 43112 |
[Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 56531 32433 56535 |
[Here a little while we linger] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 34556 71132 17165 |
[Here's a motto, boys, for you] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 35556 55122 33555 |
[I am resting in the shadow of Jesus' wing] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 34532 11766 55556 |
[I am weary, gracious Savior] | W. B. Blake (Composer) | 3 | 55651 23162 17165 |
[I come to Thee, O blessed Lord] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 13321 33211 21651 |
[I have a hope of heaven] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 55321 65123 43255 |
[I lay my sins on Jesus] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 55555 61131 32155 |
[I would be ready, Lord] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 3 | 11123 44223 31643 |
[I'll sing, I'll sing to my Savior's praise] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 4 | 55111 76661 65132 |
[I'm sitting at the feet of Jesus] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 3 | 53332 15657 12132 |
[In the home of Christ, our Savior] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 55132 12666 55123 |
[Is my name on the page of the Lamb's book of life] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 4 | 12334 33455 65432 |
[Is your anchor holding, brother, holding?] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 51333 21231 55432 |
LONG TIME AGO (11712) | Wm. B. Blake (Arranger) | 2 | 11712 16153 21243 |
[Jesus is calling, "Come to me and live"] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 3 | 32161 51123 32161 |
ST. RAPHAEL (34231) | Wm. B. Blake (Arranger) | 2 | 34231 51545 44212 |
[Let me never leave Thee, blessed Savior] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 3 | 51316 66616 51311 |
[Let us treasure up the sunbeams] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 3 | 12335 43343 54321 |
[Lonely in the desert, fainting by the way] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 35556 55112 32222 |
[Lord, I know Thy grace is nigh me] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 3 | 55666 65122 27132 |
[Marching on, with cross and banner over us] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 3 | 31512 22342 35432 |
[My life flows on in endless song] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 12334 45123 34425 |
[Now begin the heavenly theme] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 55112 12344 32123 |
[Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 3 | 13151 65433 21322 |
[O land of rest, for thee I sigh] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 33155 61156 13212 |
[O love surpassing knowledge] | W. B. Blake (Arranger) | 2 | 55111 11222 32355 |
[O my Savior will soon call me home] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 3 | 55111 11115 52222 |
[O sinner, come to Jesus] (Blake) | W. B. B. (Composer) | 2 | 55132 13212 44322 |
[O take me, Savior, as I am] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 53333 46143 11713 |
[O the night of time soon shall pass away] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 34565 34565 16536 |
[Over the gloomy hills of darkness] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 55555 51555 67123 |
[O do not let the word depart] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 53453 56153 65435 |
[Onward, we're traveling here below] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 53217 12665 67123 |
[Out of darkness into light] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 4 | 33156 15712 71235 |
[Christian brethren, ere we part] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 3 | 33321 23422 34535 |
[Ring out the Christmas bells] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 56551 17527 11722 |
[Room at the cross for a trembling soul] | W. B. Blake (Composer) | 29 | 56532 12165 56573 |
[Sailing into the port at last] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 56535 13321 65325 |
[Shall we meet in climes above] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 55555 65476 54436 |
[Soldier of Christ, why thus cast down?] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 34565 45132 11112 |
[Stand for temperance, firmly stand] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 32151 23443 13223 |
[Tell it out among the nations that the Lord is King] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 32111 11512 33334 |
[The blood that flowed from Calvary] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 3 | 55333 21651 35533 |
[There is a fountain filled with blood] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 34511 72667 65654 |
[There is a land of pure delight] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 55112 33312 13217 |
[There were ten virgins when the bridegroom came] | W. B. B. (Arranger) | 2 | 51321 65111 13353 |
[They are entering in at the gates of pearl] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 12333 33352 24325 |
[Thou, who didst, with love and blessing] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 34556 53561 76536 |
['Tis sweet to sit with the Master] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 53321 65113 55365 |
[We are children bound for the land of love] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 3 | 55171 55611 21765 |
[We bring no glittering treasures] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 51132 71354 35132 |
[We the lambs of Jesus are] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 35556 55577 51135 |
[We will sing in sweet, melodious song] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 34556 54342 25432 |
[We're a band of little children] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 51334 33213 23432 |
[We're coming with jubilant voices] | Wm. B. Blake (Arranger) | 3 | 51111 11151 33333 |
[When I awake in that sweet morn of morns] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 5 | 51653 45165 77127 |
[When Jesus comes there will be no more sorrow] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 55132 12165 14323 |
[When life's day is over] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 55615 17217 15556 |
[When the Bridegroom shall come, when the Lord enters in] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 34517 67655 43345 |
[Wherever you may be] | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 55332 17611 65556 |
[White as snow, O what a promise] (Blake) | Wm. B. Blake (Composer) | 2 | 34532 16176 51213 |